006: The Neuroscience Of Decision Making With Dr. Eugene Choi

“When we're in the survival state for 70% of our adult life, on average, it's fight, flight, freeze, fight, flight, freeze all the time,” explains Dr. Eugene Choi, Pharm D. BCPS, Filmmaker, Author, and Podcaster. A sought-after transformational mindset coach, Dr. Eugene is on a mission to help leaders operate at their highest levels. Today, Dr. Eugene shares the neuroscience behind decision-making and how to activate the executive part of our brains.

Whether we suffer from habitual fight, flight, or freeze responses – every person is somewhat impaired due to our reactive nature. Although we may subconsciously believe we are consistently in danger and want to protect ourselves, we simultaneously hinder our ability to get what we want. By training our brains to remain calm and learning to step back and view our situations objectively, we can access more creativity and successful decision-making skills.

The possibilities are endless when we can get ourselves out of survival mode. Learn more about how our minds process stress, common mentality mistakes of business leaders, and why we need to take ownership of our outside responses.

Quotes

• “Our brain is in this reactive mode without thinking. Not because your life is in danger, but because of the number of emotions we experience daily that are frankly uncomfortable.” (4:21-4:33 | Dr. Eugene)

• “If we're in the survival state for more or less about 70% of our adult life, on average, it's fight, flight, freeze, fight, flight, freeze all the time.” (9:14-9:22 | Dr. Eugene)

• “The good news is just how you can go to the gym and get stronger with your muscles, we can exercise our brains to improve and rewire the parts that are not serving us.” (18:36-18:47 | Dr. Eugene) 

• “Once you're willing, then you're willing to take ownership. And when you're willing to take ownership, you're willing to get yourself the very thing you need to get to where you need to go.” (21:21-21:34 | Dr. Eugene)

• “When you enter an executive state, you're going to look at both the outside and inside. But in survival mode, you're only stuck on the outside, and that's disempowering.” (25:59-26:06 | Dr. Eugene)

 

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Website: https://destinyhacks.co/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eugenekchoi/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekchoi/ 

 

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